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in its planetary system. in july 2014 the international astronomical union launched a process for giving proper names to certain exoplanets and their host stars. the process involved public nomination and voting for the new names. in december 2015, the iau announced the winning name was saffar for this planet. the winning name was submitted by the vega astronomy club of morocco and honours the 11th century astronomer ibn al @ - @ saffar of muslim spain. = = discovery = = like the majority of known extrasolar planets, upsilon andromedae b was detected by the variations in its star's radial velocity caused by the